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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO DEFINE \"LOADED FIREARM\" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE CONCERNING POSSESSION AND USE OF A WEAPON."
+description: "TO DEFINE \"LOADED FIREARM\" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE CONCERNING POSSESSION AND USE OF A WEAPON."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1547"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1547 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Duffield"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-02T21:11:11+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T16:48:42+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06c1d405-6c89-4492-8504-780415e55ddc"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "0dd2b53c6dce39e214a80eedaf76b420a4d91e81c6e74c2a3816b0d1dc3217c5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1547 (2023) — TO DEFINE "LOADED FIREARM" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE CONCERNING POSSESSION AND USE OF A WEAPON.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=549.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1547** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1547.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **27–5** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
+- Duffield — primary (person)
+- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
+- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Unger — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- Womack — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-02T21:11:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02T22:37:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16T18:51:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-27T20:54:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27T22:50:30+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-03-27T22:50:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T18:26:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T00:56:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T01:38:49+00:00** Motion to expunge the vote by which HB1547 passed. Motion Carried.
+- **2023-04-06T01:43:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T01:43:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T02:58:15+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T02:58:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T14:52:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-11T16:48:42+00:00** Notification that HB1547 is now Act 549 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06c1d405-6c89-4492-8504-780415e55ddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+